Academic Discussion Series (WiP)

Works-in-Progress (WiP) is an ongoing academic discussion series based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that takes place at the new office of CRRC at Chkhikvadze St. 1. It is co-organized by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, and the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC). All of the talks are free and open to the public.

The purpose of the WiP series is to provide support and productive criticism to those researching and developing academic projects pertaining the Caucasus region.

If you would like to present at one of the W-i-P sessions, please contact: mariam.kobaladze@crrccenters.org

CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to announce the 6th session of the Spring 2025 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! “The Puppet Master’s Game: Conspiracy Thinking in Georgia and its Impact on Foreign Policy” Lia Chkhetiani, CRRC Georgia
CRRC, American Councils, and ARISC are pleased to announce the 5th session of the Spring 2025 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series!  This week’s session will be in hybrid format in-person at the CRRC Georgia office and online via Zoom. Officially Unofficial: Hebrew…
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 4th session of the Spring 2025 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s session will be in hybrid format in-person at the CRRC Georgia office and online via Zoom. Loans and Gambling…
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 3rd session of the Spring 2025 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! A Changing ‘Colchis’: Identity and Transformation in the Mortuary Landscapes of Western Georgia during the First Millennium BCE Ruth Portes, Cornell…
This week’s session will be in a hybrid format at CRRC office and via Zoom (with speaker delivering virtually). “The Bonds of Intercommunal Solidarity: Georgian Jews, Russian Jews, and the Imperial Russian State” Aaron Schimmel, Stanford University and ARISC Fellow…
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 1st session of the Spring 2025 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s session will be in a virtual format. Russia’s Other Eastern Church: The Armenian Confession and the Romanov Empire Paul…
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 9th session of the Fall 2024 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s session will be in hybrid format in-person at CRRC Georgia and online. The Ukrainian diplomats in Allied occupied Istanbul.…
CRRC, American Councils and ARISC are pleased to announce the 8th session of the Fall 2024 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s session will be in hybrid format in-person at CRRC Georgia and online. The Brothers Karbelashvili: Family, Faith and Nation…